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A storm-damaged tree lays on the roof of a house on Strieff Road in Glenwood on Aug. 11, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Trump’s FEMA rejects Illinois disaster aid request for August storms
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October 8, 2026 at 7:26 p.m.

The denials comes as Trump's administration denied providing federal assistance to Illinois last year, denials Illinois...

A woman attending a Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success community discussion jots down ideas while working on a small group activity at Phillips High School on East Pershing Road in Chicago, March 11, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

At long last, Chicago school board puts its committees to work

By Kate Armanini

October 8, 2026 at 5:43 p.m.

Two years later, the Chicago Board of education finally put its three standing committees on...

Fans get excited before the White Sox take to the field for Game 4 against the Guardians in their AL Division Series on Oct. 8, 2026, at Rate Field. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

What to know about Chicago White Sox’s ALDS Game 4, including an amped-up Rate — and facing a familiar foe

By LaMond Pope

October 8, 2026 at 8:39 p.m.

Manager Will Venable believes "a juiced-up environment" contributed to the Chicago White Sox striking out...

White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami walks on the field during a workout at Rate Field on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026 in Chicago. The White Sox face the Guardians in Game 3 of the ALDS Wednesday. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Sean Newcomb will start for the Chicago White Sox in Game 3: What we learned from Tuesday’s ALDS workout

By LaMond Pope

October 6, 2026 at 7:20 p.m.

What we learned from Tuesday's ALDS workout, including the Game 3 starter for the Chicago...

White Sox players Brenton Doyle, Munetaka Murakami, Sam Antonacci and Miguel Vargas talk on the field during a workout at Rate Field on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Column: Sunny forecast for the Chicago White Sox after years of gloom and doom

By Paul Sullivan

October 6, 2026 at 7:21 p.m.

Sunny days at Rate Field as the Chicago White Sox try to clinch their first...

Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey gives a thumbs-up as he leaves a press conference near McCormick Place on Sept. 4, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Illinois Democrats accuse Darren Bailey of failing to disclose who provides rent-free Chicago apartment

By Dan Petrella

October 6, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

The Illinois Democratic Party has accused Darren Bailey, the Republican nominee for governor, of violating...

FILE—Eva Marie Saint arrives at the Oscars on March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102

By Bob Thomas

October 6, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first...

The line was getting longer around noon as voters and election officials go about their business on the first day of early voting at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point on Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Early voting off to a strong start in Lake, Porter counties

By Maya Wilkins

October 6, 2026 at 4:41 p.m.

Lake County voters kicked off election season bright and early Tuesday morning, giving Elections and...

Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Christa Pike is awake and speaking ‘limitedly’ after execution attempt in Tennessee, lawyer says

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By Kim Chandler

October 7, 2026 at 11:55 a.m.

Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, is awake and...

A Skydance billboard is displayed outside Paramount Global office in Times Square, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

What Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover means for streaming, movies and news

By Matt Sedensky

October 6, 2026 at 4:38 p.m.

What the Skydance deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will mean for streaming, movies,...

The 310,000-square-foot IKEA store in Bolingbrook, seen here on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, will be closing in 2027 to make way for a new location in Naperville as part of the Block 59 development in Naperville, located off Route 59. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

IKEA to close its Bolingbrook store for new, smaller location in Naperville

By Carolyn Stein

October 6, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

IKEA is closing its Bolingbrook store and building a new one in Naperville’s Block 59...

Shawndel Brown, who owns a shop on the block and witnessed the attack, brings a balloon and stuffed animal to a memorial for 7-year-old Eddimar Hernandez Chacon in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood, Oct. 5, 2026. Hernandez Chacon was stabbed to death Saturday while walking with her sister. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘It could have been anybody’: Chatham neighbors flock to show support for family of slain girl

By Caroline Kubzansky

October 6, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.

When Tashonda Porter first heard that 7-year-old Eddimar Hernandez Chacon had been stabbed to death...

FILE – The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant known as Skydance

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

October 6, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in...